Merge pull request #52 from gerritholl/pytroll-user-days

Add announcement and landing page for the Pytroll User Days

index.md

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 ## Announcements
 
-December 4th, 2019 was the [10 year anniversary of Pytroll](https://youtu.be/RgGiDypQrMQ).
+### Pytroll User Days!
 
-The next Pytroll Contributor Week (PCW) will held online from Monday 11 December to Friday 15 December 2023. More info [here](https://groups.google.com/g/pytroll/c/nIXOT1R9Y3c).
+On 10 and 11 June 2024 we will organise the **Pytroll User Days** in Darmstadt, Germany.
+
+See the [full announcement and registration link](user-days.md).
 
 ## Pytroll Contributor Weeks (PCWs)
 

user-days.md

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+---
+title: Pytroll User Days
+---
+
+![EUMETSAT](assets/img/eumetsat.jpg)
+
+As the Pytroll community has been growing, and some of the modules like
+Satpy are used by a wider audience, it becomes more difficult for us
+developers to be aware of all the usages and needs from the community.
+At the same time, the plans the core developers have for Pytroll are not
+widely discussed with the community.
+
+Hence, the Pytroll core team feels it is high time to organise an event
+to gather input and spread information regarding the project, and to
+that end, we are organising the Pytroll User Days.
+
+During these days, we would like to hear of user stories, how Pytroll is
+used, to what end, and where the users struggle most. We thus encourage
+everyone to present such stories during the event.
+At the same time, the core developers of Pytroll will present some of
+the latest news, ongoing projects and plans they have for the different
+packages.
+Examples of presentations some of us will have to show:
+
+* Plans for the future of Satpy and Pyresample
+* How to setup a full satellite imagery processing chain using
+Trollmoves, Pytroll-Collectors and Trollflow2
+* Running Pytroll processing in containers
+* ...
+
+
+In summary, it will be a couple of days to spread information, with the
+goal to tighten the community, allowing the project to grow in the right
+direction.
+After these two days, the participating developers will continue working
+together the rest of the week for as we usually do during a Pytroll
+Contributor Week.
+
+The event will take place on June 10th and 11th, 2024, at EUMETSAT, in
+Darmstadt, Germany.
+
+If you intend on coming, please do register here: https://forms.gle/jSvicgorb5ZTNCyQ8
+
+However, before making any travel arrangements to attend the User Days,
+please wait until you have received a confirmation of your registration,
+that will be sent at the latest in April 2024.
+
+For any questions regarding the event, feel free to contact us on the
+[Pytroll slack](https://pytroll.slack.com) (@martin, @sjoro) or through email [email protected]
+
+Hope to see you soon at the User Days!
+
+(Image credit: LSDSL, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EUMETSAT.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a>, CC-BY-SA 3.0)